Grade 19 Titanium vs. S45000 Stainless Steel
Grade 19 titanium belongs to the titanium alloys classification, while S45000 stainless steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 29 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is grade 19 titanium and the bottom bar is S45000 stainless steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 120 | |
| 200 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 5.6 to 17 | |
| 6.8 to 14 |
| Fatigue Strength, MPa | 550 to 620 | |
| 330 to 650 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.32 | |
| 0.28 |
| Reduction in Area, % | 22 | |
| 22 to 50 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 47 | |
| 76 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 550 to 750 | |
| 590 to 830 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 890 to 1300 | |
| 980 to 1410 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 870 to 1170 | |
| 580 to 1310 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 400 | |
| 280 |
| Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C | 370 | |
| 840 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1660 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1600 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 520 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 6.2 | |
| 17 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 9.1 | |
| 11 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 45 | |
| 13 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 5.0 | |
| 7.8 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 47 | |
| 2.8 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 760 | |
| 39 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 230 | |
| 130 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 70 to 150 | |
| 94 to 160 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 3040 to 5530 | |
| 850 to 4400 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 14 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 33 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 49 to 72 | |
| 35 to 50 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 41 to 53 | |
| 28 to 36 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 2.4 | |
| 4.5 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 57 to 83 | |
| 33 to 47 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 3.0 to 4.0 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 to 0.050 | |
| 0 to 0.050 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 5.5 to 6.5 | |
| 14 to 16 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 0 | |
| 1.3 to 1.8 |
| Hydrogen (H), % | 0 to 0.020 | |
| 0 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 to 0.3 | |
| 72.1 to 79.3 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0.5 to 1.0 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 0 | |
| 5.0 to 7.0 |
| Nitrogen (N), % | 0 to 0.030 | |
| 0 |
| Oxygen (O), % | 0 to 0.12 | |
| 0 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.040 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.0 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Titanium (Ti), % | 71.1 to 77 | |
| 0 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 7.5 to 8.5 | |
| 0 |
| Zirconium (Zr), % | 3.5 to 4.5 | |
| 0 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.4 | |
| 0 |